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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 14, 1940.

By Walt Disney

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MERSET

East coast

ports, from Dover to

Scotland, are

at the mercy

of the

Germans

By far the

greater part

of British

seaborne

?

traffic will

have to fall

on west

coast ports

weakness Our -and strength

By MAJOR FIELDING ELIOT

IT may now be useful to

examine in some detail the probable means the Germans will employ in their attack,

Generally speaking, a coun- try, like a fortress, may be attacked in one of two ways--- by assault or by investment.

It is probably by a combination -of-these-incthods that the_Gee- mns will seek to attack Great Britain.

No country in Europe is more vulnerable to blockade than ri- tain

East coast ports from Dover to Scotland may, I think, be written off at opens,

Germans un so blockade the Straits of Dover as to make it an Impractical waterway for ter- ehunt vessels in any number, and frorn Norway they can pretty well prevent any entry into the North Sen.

or, at any rate, make It LO precarious as to be negligible,

The Channel ports from Folke- 'stone to Land's End lie under the direct menace of Gertian air- planes operating from the opposite French shores and of smaller Ger- matt subarines and high-speed motor-boats,

While the convoy can give good protection against submarines and

port on the Channel and under the shadow of German wings, and Milfordhaven on the west coast, until lately i base of no great im- portance or equipment.

Something might be done ut Bellust, where there are shipbuild- ing works which could do at pinch a good deal of naval repair ind maintenance work,

-Invasion-

FINALLY we come to the

much-talked of question

of the invasion of Britain. This, if attempted, would probably begin by a number of small thrusts at different coastal mints with idea of feeling out British defences and creating confusion and distruc- tion.

cent,

the

Then would follow heavy con- of air bombing at centration selected points and along all ronds and railways leading to it, coupled with the dropping of parachutists and use of

with. transport planes

detachments. specially equipped det

heavy under cover of

uir would come the ing perhaps at crossing

the Straits of Dover, where long-range artillery could help to some ex- tent, though artillery fire at 35,000 yards

and

is not so fine a upwards

suppose from some current com- ment.

DETOURE

Stay Kimdir Jo WALT DISNEY

WHEN Holland was invaded by Germans, intent upon capturing its ruler, Queen Wilhelmina found refuge in Britain. She joined not only members of her own family already in exile, but also a band of the world's rulers who find sanc- tuary in Britain from the storm that is threatening civilization.----

The Homeless Leaders of the World

A

MIDST the riot of stalls that is London's Caledonian Market, where one may buy anything from a banana to an emerald bracelet, a little man made his way. He paused before a display of bric-a-brac spread upon the cobbled ground and inspected a vase.

"Good bit of stuff, that," said the denler, eager for a sale. "Genuine Chinese."

"You are mistaken," said the little man, politely. "It is Siamese. You see, I hap- pen to come from Siam."

He bought the vase for a few shillings, handing it to a friend to hold. Perhaps he' sighed a little as they walked on. A queer world it was, in which the ex-King of Siam, Keeper of the Twenty-four Umbrellas, Brother of the Moon and Descendant of the Great God Buddha, could be thus engaged.

Once ex-King Prajadhipok ruled 14,000,000 from his throne in Bangkok. But sick of the rivalries and bicker- ings between his own sup- those of his porters und fourteen-years-old nephew, King Amanda, he said good- bye to pomp and panoply and abdicated.

Crash of a Dynasty Now he is a citizen of Bid- denden, Kent, happy in an Elizabethan mansion, patron- izing local fetes, cycling, read- ing, playing tennis.

..

That the ex-King is simply one of numberless exiled rulers is a sign of the times and

historical portent. We are often too inclined to consider that material com- fort; their leisure, their pos- sessions, their money. We forget the loss of everything for which they mostly lived- their aspirations, their in-

motor-boats, the convoy also brinus pon of precision as one might FUNNY SIDE UP

together a large and vulnerable

forget.

The enlculated combination of two forms of attack--and in this les the chief German genius le this war-can produce telling re- sults.

By for the greater part of British seaborne traffle will fall, therefore, on west coast ports and chiefly on those of the Bristur Channel, Mersey and Clyde.

Approach between Land's End and Eire will be far more danger- ously covered by German aircraft operating from Brittany than the north channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Congestion

- ROTH these approaches and the vicinity of the thre port areas inentioned, however, will be tremendous congestion of shipping under conditions which will be ideal for the operation of submurines na far as the location of targets in concerned.

The long-range submarines will, be used in the north, of course, and they will operate from Nor- weglan bares, or perhaps, merg advanced bases may be sought, Thus a German descent an the Orkney Islands or on Iceland may be attempted,

AI

Even ou allack on Eire is not to be discounted altogether. the tip of Brittany the Germans would be under 300 miles from the south coast of Eire,

If the Germans make a serious attempt to invade a Britain they will be certain to attempt surprise, and therefore inay make a feint or feints with all the appearance of then suddenly drive seriousness, home their main attack at a wholly unsuspected point.

But when all is said and done, such an enterprise would be a desperate affair and one far more likely to end in bloody failure than in anything lika success.

Despite aircraft and subinarines, the Germans cannot prevent the

operation of British naval units in the North Sea and Channel. They can make these operations danger ous and duncult, but they cannot prohibit them. British aircraft will be immediately at hand, and the Germans do not seem likely, on the evidence of this war so far, to be able to stop all British operations by attacks against their bases.

air

Indeed, it must never be tor- gotten that while the Germans are attacking Britain bombers of the Royal Air Force will be attacking Germany, and there is now no neutral hinterland to bar their direct approach..

Over-confidence Or

desire for

prestige may lead the Germans into

invading attempt al

註

Britain prematurely. It is not a promising enterprise from any other point of view, and prudence would seem to dictate that. It be delayed unth other means have

Been tried..

The danger to the Fleet from Injury to its boses is grave. Chlef feet boses now are Chatham and Prudent use of victory has not, Rosyth, both on the all-but-useless however, been a German charac Bast coast, Portsmouth and Devon-teristic in the past.

-terest in governing their coun-

tries. They have left for ever the countries. to whose, des- tinies their own were irrevo- cably linked.

The fall of the Romanoff's, proud rulers of Russia, has a good deal of irony about it. Intrigues and revolution end- ed their reign twenty-three years ago. The Tsar and Tsarina were murdered by the Bolsheviks, but other mem- bers of the family escaped to Europe.

Grand Duke Nicholas (with what we hope was innocent foresight) had heavy bank accounts in England und France and, settling in Paris, continued to maintain the traditions of court. Complete in court dresses, debutantes were presented to him, and he continued to bestow de- coration-He-died-in Paris.-

Robbed Of Their All

:

His son, Vladimir, who studied at London University, is popular 15 member of varsity sporting clubs. France has two more Grand Dukes, Boris and Andrew, heads of two Russian groups,, while in London the Grand Duchess Kenia, sister of the murdered Tint, lives Hampton Wilderness House, Court Palace, a guest of our Royal Family. She is a cousin the

ht inte King George

who invited V., her to England when the Bolshe viks rubbed her of everything, Her five sons have all settled down happily in England.

And the man who exiled them- cxile Kerensky? Well, he's himself in Paris.

"You look beautiful tornight, dear

(11)

Queen Wilhelmina with her daughter. Princess Julians and her grand - daughter

Princess Beatrix,

And the man who exlied Keren- sky? He's on exile too, though his existence is much more trou-' Lied than others. Trotsky is hunt- ed and hated, and his house in Mexico is barricaded. ---Ex-King-Alfonso-of-Spain-spends- hts the roaming the world as a traveller. privileged and wealthy Any pity you have you had better spare for ex-President Azana, un- der whom the Spanish Republican government fought against Franco. Azana has no money, but moves from country to country accepting from friends of the hospitality former Republican Government.

Exiles from the East sometimes have unorthodox modes of living, and on this necount eschew the more formal atmosphere of England that might hot want them Such a per- as guests in any case.

ex-Sultan Ahmed was the Shah, just of the Shahs of Perslu He made a grand spectacle as he roamed

the boulevards of Paris with his very large escort of glo- morous girls. When he entertained at his hotel he would dip his hand

son

By Abner Dean into a box of jewels and throw

"haven't very good fastol

but of cous

them to the floor. He liked to see his harem scramble for them.

Another exile to seek refuge on our shores is ex-King Zog of Al- banla who, with his income of £12,000 a year, was reckoned the poorest King in Europe. Only re- cently he was enarried in Tirana tu beautiful Countess Apponyi, the Hungarian who had been selling postcards in a museum for £2 5s. D week. It was an impressive ceremony, with the arrays of foreign diplomats, the picturesquo costumes of the Hungarian dele- gales, the force tribal chiefs, nor- mally always at war, drinking to- gether at the buffet-with an eco- sional eye at each other's knives and revolvers.

Exiled Emperor

Of the more recent exiles, Benes,. ex-President of Czechoslovakia, considers himself (and let us hope he is right) only o temporary "homeless citizen." He works vi- gorously for a resurgent Czechoslo- vakla, giving lectures, lending his Bupport to any movement that Bincerely strives to this end. Ho is more fortunate than Schuschalgg who, despite the entreaties of his friends, remained in Austria up to the moment of its invasion and is still a prisoner of the Nazis.

One

of the saddest figures of them all la the lonely, dignified Haile Selassie, former Emperor of Abyssinie, who fought voliantly, though vainly, to save his empire. A great pain lurks behind those contemplative eyes, as he walks with short, measured stepa the' peaceful roads of Bath

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